Dennis Quaid Tells Lawmakers How Drug Mix Up Nearly Killed His Newborn Twins

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American actor Dennis Quaid went to Capitol Hill today, Wednesday, and told a panel of lawmakers at the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform about how his baby twins Thomas and Zoe nearly died when they were accidentally given a dose of the blood thinner heparin that was 1,000 times bigger than it should have been when they were 12 days old.

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Quaid and his wife, Kimberly Buffington, found out later that the mix up occurred because there were two similar looking doses of the blood thinner sitting on the same shelf and the wrong one was used.

medical errors are very scary!

Medical errors are the fifth leading cause of deaths in the US, with up to 98,000 deaths annually, according to a report by the Millennium Research Group (MRG) published nearly a year ago.

The Quaid twins have recovered, but as their father told the panel, "we don't know what the longer-term effects will be".

I'm staying out of the hospital